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    Fat, bony chicken?

    Hi all, Scarlet is a Rhode Island Red hen about 1.5 years old. She has acting a little strange for a couple months. She walks slower than the others and her comb is a very dark red, almost purplish. She looks fat and I don't think she has been laying. However, her eyes are bright and she has...
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    What accommodations for mamas with babies?

    How do I accommodate my hens with chicks? I live in the city limits, so I only have hens. I had a broody hen that just would not quit. After a month, I threw away her nest, and she gathered up more laid eggs laid by our other hens and started sitting on those. Then another hen went broody. So...
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    Newborn chicks and mites?

    One of my girls has broody for awhile. Today I checked on her, and I saw one wet little baby. I reacted in happy surprise by bringing my hand to my face. Big mistake. My face was instantly really itchy. I came in the house to wash and that is when I saw tiny, tiny bugs. Yuck, yuck, yuck. I...
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    Is she really a he?

    I have rehomed several of my chicks, including several roos. I recently started to suspect that maybe this one has me fooled. 4 months old. The person I got the eggs from had Isbars and Cream Legbars and other breeds. Only the blue and green eggs hatched, but I don't know which is which. What...
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    Silverrudd's Blue splash 3 months old

    I have a 3 month old Silverrudd's Blue with splash coloring. I think its a a rooster, but I don't have much experience with chickens, and I hope I'm wrong. I posted about him when he was younger, but there were mixed opinions so I wasn't sure. We are in the city limits, so hens only. We...
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    Possible hatching emergency?

    Hi chicken people, I'm new to this site. I'm really looking for help. I'm incubating eggs for the first time. Everything has been more or less fine, until today. Today is day 22, some chicks hatched yesterday. I took the chicks out of the incubator and put them into the brooder. I understand I...
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